An influencer showed her new waist on video after surgery banned in her country; the procedure she underwent in Bali surprises doctors

Por Maried Díaz
18 August, 2026

Tilds Search, 23, stood in front of the camera and removed her recovery corset for the first time.

What appeared underneath left her followers speechless. A tiny waist, shaped by a surgery that remodels the lower floating ribs without removing any bone. The Australian influencer traveled to Bali with other content creators as part of a sponsored campaign to try the procedure known as the “Barbie waist”, an intervention that is currently unavailable in Australia.

The video filled with thousands of comments within minutes. Some praised her for the result, while others asked whether it is worth risking one’s health for a doll-like waist. Bec Zacharia, from Married at First Sight Australia, went through something similar recently, and doctors have already begun warning about the risks of a procedure that promises the impossible: to make you look like a cartoon without losing a single bone.

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